A well known trick to recall people’s names
It is not that I am smarter or have an extraordinary ability to remember names; I learned a long time ago when you are meeting someone to look at them straight in the eyes, shake their hand and if possible, to reassure that person you think they are important enough you bring your other hand to seal the hand-shake.
If they look down or away while shaking your hand, they are not thrilled or interested in meeting you. I have found in my 65 years on this earth that I am right about these people 90% of the time…they are either too shy, have something to hide or not very good persons.
Then as they tell you their name you think of either objects, rhymes or misspelled versions of the name that are either funny or absurd. It works for me…I am well informed but would never be able to remember for example the names of leaders of the world.
Here are a few examples:
Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Sneeze- bless you
Brazil’s Dilma Rouseff
Wilma (from the Flintstones) rough sex
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi
Burlesque honey
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez
Who goes there, chav lads?
Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Fiddle castration
Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Figlio di la putana
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy
St. Nick’s ass skin disease
